World History Pre-AP – Duez

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Chapter 7, 11, 13 “Triangular Trade” Time: 2 Weeks
Big Ideas and Questions:
1. How has the horrible impact of slavery contributed to the history, culture and development of
World History?
2. How would the development of the “New World” have been different if Native American cultures
survived the biological genocide that destroyed it?
3. How does the earliest development of “Triangular Trade” compare to our growing global economy
of today?
Student-Friendly Learning Target Statements
• Compare and contrast Eastern (Kush, Axum) and Western (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) Early African
Chapter 7: trading empires.
Early African
Civilizations, • Understand the power of religion in determining culture of early Africa. What impact does Islam
2000 B.C.–A.D. have on the development of early Africa?
1500 • Valuable trading commodities, such as iron and gold, were the basis for their wealth and power.
In exchange, they received metal goods, textiles, horses, and salt from the Muslim merchants of
North Africa.
• Villages in southern Africa consolidated more gradually to form states. One of the wealthiest
and most powerful was Zimbabwe, which flourished from 1300 to around 1450.
King Ezana Kushites Mansa Musa Griots
Matrilineal Patriline Lineage Groups Stateless Society
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• For most Africans, family and ancestral relationships were paramount. Slavery was practiced,
and women were usually subordinate to men. However, lineage was based on the mother, and
mothers had a key role in educating children.
• The diverse geography of the Americas resulted in the emergence of many varied and highly
advanced civilizations. Some of these early civilizations were wiped out by diseases introduced
Chapter 11: to the Americas by European expeditions.
The Americas, • In North America, these early inhabitants included the Inuit people near the Arctic Circle, the
400–1500 Anasazi people of the Southwest, the Hopewell peoples of the Ohio River valley, and the
Iroquois of the Northeast. The Iroquois built villages of longhouses and had a highly organized
alliance called the Iroquois League.
• The Iroquois relied on the land and specifically - corn, beans, and squash, called the "three
sisters.”
• Mesoamerica refers to areas of Mexico and Central America that were civilized before the arrival
of the Spaniards. The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations developed and administered
complex societies.
• The arrival of the Spaniards in the sixteenth century brought diseases against which the Aztec
had no immunity. Devastated by these diseases, the Aztecs were defeated by the Spaniards,
who then destroyed much of Aztec civilization.
Inuit Hopewell Longhouses Iroquois
Plains Indians Anasazi Adobe MesoAmerica
Maya Aztec Quipu Inca
• Civilizations existed in South America for several thousand years before the Inca built the
region's most spectacular civilization.
• After the first Spanish expeditions, smallpox decimated the Inca. The remaining population was
no match for the firearms of the Spanish, who quickly defeated them and established a new
Spanish colony.
Chapter 13: • The explorations of the fifteenth century led to expanded European power and a sharp increase
The Age of in trade. Colonization, a dramatic growth in the slave trade, and the spread of Christianity were
Exploration, among the consequences of European expansion.
1500–1800 • The European conquest was primarily a biological one. Explorers and colonists brought a wide
range of deadly communicable diseases directly from crowded European cities.
• Slavery, which had been practiced in Africa since ancient times, saw a dramatic rise in the
sixteenth century. Many of the slaves were sent to Brazil and the Caribbean to work on
sugarcane plantations.
• Understand the motivating factors behind why European explorers would risk so much to
journey to new lands.
• Determine and explain the difference between the two separate routes and philosophies of the
Portuguese and Spanish explorers.
• Explain the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas on the development of the “New World.”
Francisco Pizarro Conquistador Mercantilism
 Balance of Trade Ferdinand Magellan Vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci Middle Passage Triangular Trade
Product Christopher Columbus Batholomeu Dias Francisco Pizarro
Targets Debate in class with Philosophical Chairs and write a reflection about:

“What I can
make to
“Should Native American and African American ancestors be
show my compensated by the government of the United States of American for
learning.” past transgressions?”

Questions due: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 9. Page 413 #4 Castle Project Essay is due
2009 Tuesday, Dec. 1 and the
10. Page 413 #6 model/poster/coat of arms is
1. RC pg. 226
due on Friday, Dec. 4th in
2. RC pg. 234 Quiz on Wed/Thu Dec. 9/10 know the Blue LGI.
3. Page 234 #6 words in bold print above for the quiz.
4. RC pg. 238 Create flash cards.
5. Page 350 #5
Test on Chapters 7, 11, and 13 is on
6. Page 350 #6 December 11, 2009
7. RC p. 355
8. RC p. 409